Shopping in Pattaya - what and where to buy at the resort

For tourists shopping in Pattaya is to buy unique items and handmade jewelry, products made by Thai craftsmen in traditional techniques.

Traditional handicrafts are an important element of Thai culture. The stores and stalls in Pattaya offer handmade items made from various materials:

• Items of ordinary and nielloed silver;
• Products made of bronze;
• Fabrics, leather;
• Cookware, pottery;
• Interior items, furniture made of wood, as well as those made in the technique of weaving.

It is believed that you should bring from Pattaya original handmade items.

Gemstones and jewelry

From the eastern provinces of Chonburi and Chantaburi to Pattaya are delivered gems of amazing beauty and high quality. Rubies and sapphires can be found here. Less expensive are amethysts and zircons. The production of jewelry is standardized and certified by the state. The letters JFC certify the authenticity of Thai jewelry.

Textiles

Weaving is a traditional occupation of Thai women. The textile industry in Thailand has maintained not only high quality, but also still adheres to traditional patterns that make clothing made of Thai fabrics recognizable. Silk from this country is known throughout Asia. In Pattaya, tourists have the opportunity to buy these fabrics, as well as finished products, several times cheaper than anywhere else in the world.

Latex

Thailand is home to the Hevea, a rubber tree whose milky sap is the raw material for latex. For this reason, the latex industry is developed in the country.

There are large factories for the production of latex products, which you can visit with a tour, combining it with shopping unusual things. In Pattaya, this material can be purchased: pillows, blankets, mattresses, covers for chairs and chairs, special pillows for travel and other household items. The cost of latex pillow is from 1000 baht depending on the model.

Cosmetics

Finally, the fourth item on the list of things to buy in Pattaya are, of course, beauty products: aromatic oils, smoking sticks, special wellness blends for bathing, oils and massage accessories. The tourism industry in Thailand revolves around a central theme related to the body, beauty and health. Leaving without purchasing anything for spa treatments in the home country is considered unwise, to say the least.

Stores and shopping malls in Pattaya

The city is located along the Gulf of Thailand. This allows it to be divided into northern, central and southern trade zones.

North Pattaya

Central Center Pattaya is the oldest shopping center in the city. It features retail stores with home goods, groceries and electronics, boutiques, restaurants and cinemas.

The center often hosts public entertainment events: concerts, shows, and exhibitions.

Address: 78/54 Moo 9, Pattaya 2^nd Rd.

Open to the public: 10.00-23.00

Fly Now Factory Outlet is a marketplace where Fly Now and several other well-known brands sell their products. Here you can buy fashionable clothes, leather goods, author's furniture.

Address: 19/99 Moo 1, Naklua

Open to the public: 10.00-22.00

Lukdod Shop is the place to shop for souvenirs, widely represented by handmade wood products, decorative items, furniture in a light antique style, and Thai silk.

Address: 209/10 YOUMAE Lane

Open for visits: 09.00-18.30

Central Pattaya

Central Festival Pattaya is considered Pattaya's largest shopping center. It occupies a modern seven-story building with more than 200 clothing stores, including brand names, fast food, restaurants, coffee shops, bookstores and more.

Address: 333/99 Moo 9, Pattaya Beach Rd.

Open to the public: 10.00-23.00

Royal Garden Plaza is conveniently located in the heart of Pattaya and offers clothing stores, jewelry stores, and restaurants. It is also home to places unusual for shopping malls: the Believe It or Not museum of unusual things and the Tussauds wax museum.

Address: 218 Moo10, Pattaya Beach Rd.

Open to the public: 10.30-23.00

P.S. Plaza rents the entire first floor to the most famous supermarkets in Pattaya, where you can buy groceries and household items.

On the second floor there are stores with souvenirs and gifts, clothing and sports equipment, a Thai restaurant, sports bar, spa and hair salon.

Address: 369 Moo 9, Central Pattaya Rd.

Open to the public: 10.00-22.00

South Pattaya

Outlet Mall is currently the most visited and largest mall. More than 200 local and global brands are represented here, with stores occupying 12,000 square meters.

Address: 666 Moo 12, Sukhumvit Rd.

Open to the public: 10.00-22.00

Pattaya Shoe Department Store is the right place to buy leather shoes, bags, belts and other accessories.

Address:109/19 Moo 10, Phatumnak Rd.

Open to the public: 10.00-20.00

Pattaya Markets

Stores and malls are attributes of the Western way of life. Markets, in this case markets in Pattaya, are more characteristic of the East. Despite the fact that the Eastern market for the Westerner is a mystery of pricing and the mystery of the relationship between buyer and seller.

Every tourist should at least once shopping in Pattaya at the markets.

The main rule for buyers is to bargain for the cost of goods can be reduced by 50%.

In the markets of Pattaya you can always find amazing things, including traditional art, fabrics, national clothing and shoes, souvenirs that can not be bought in the malls. In addition, the freshest fruits and vegetables are available here.

The famous fish market is located in the north of the city and is called Naklua fish market. Near the fish market there is Naklua Sunday Market, where you can find fruit, clothes, souvenirs at the most democratic prices in the city.

Opposite Central Festival Pattaya is the Pattaya Night Bazaar.

The organized market places in Pattaya can be found almost in every quarter: there are more than two dozen. Some are open all day, some from evening until late at night, some are open daily, and some are open only on certain days. Their opening schedules, however, as well as their locations, can change spontaneously and unpredictably.

What it is forbidden to take out

When buying something at the market in Thailand, keep in mind that not all things are allowed to take out of the country. While shopkeepers are aware of these rules and usually make foreign buyers aware of them, in the markets they may not know or deliberately do not inform about them.

1. The ban on exports from Thailand is imposed on fauna and flora, including interior items made from them:

• Ivory and ivory products;
• Skins of all animals, skin and teeth of the crocodile;
• Corals, seahorses and clam shells;
• Turtle shells and products made of them;
• Bats and stuffed bats.

2. Exported jewelry must have a special certificate, which is issued only in stores. It is forbidden to export uncut precious stones, platinum and gold ingots.

3. The removal of antiques requires permission from the controlling state agency represented by the Department of Art.

Although there are rules for the export of items from Thailand, the practice of their application is often selective. For example, it is forbidden by law to take statues and images of Buddha across the border. However, in practice, statuettes are among the popular souvenirs, the export of which the customs close their eyes.

On the other hand, if a tourist tries to take out a large statue of Buddha, for example, copying some well-known image of God in Thailand, there will be problems at the border.